VMware vSphere SDKs and Tools 6.7

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Manage Uplink Adapters with ESXCLI

you can use to manage uplink adapters.
The following example workflow lists all uplink adapters, lists properties for one uplink adapter, changes the uplink's speed and duplex settings, and brings the uplink down and back up. Specify one of the options listed in Connection Options for vCLI Host Management Commands in place of
<conn_options>
.
  1. List all uplinks and information about each device. 
    esxcli <conn_options> network nic list
    You can narrow down the information displayed by using
    esxcli network nic get --nic-name=<nic>
    .
  2. Bring down one of the uplink adapters. 
    esxcli <conn_options> network nic down --nic-name=vmnic0
  3. Change uplink adapter settings. 
    esxcli <conn_options> network nic set <option>
    You must specify one of the following options.
    Option
    Description
    -a|--auto
    Sets the speed and duplex settings to autonegotiate.
    -D|--duplex=<str>
    Duplex to set this NIC to. Acceptable values are
    full
     and
    half
    .
    -P | --phy-address
    Sets the MAC address of the device
    -l|--message-level=<long>
    Sets the driver message level. Message levels and what they imply differ per driver.
    -n|--nic-name=<str>
    Name of the NIC to configured. Must be one of the cards listed in the
    nic list
     command (required).
    -p|--port=<str>
    Selects the device port. The following device ports are available.
    • aui
    • bnc
    • fibre
    • mii
    • tp
    -S|--speed=<long>
    Speed to set this NIC to. Acceptable values are 10, 100, 1000, and 10000.
    -t|--transceiver-type=<str>
    Selects transceiver type. The following transceiver types are available.
    • external
    • internal
    -w|--wake-on-lan=<str>
    Sets Wake-on-LAN options. Not all devices support this option. The option value is a string of characters specifying which options to enable.
    • p
       – Wake on phy activity
    • u
       – Wake on unicast messages
    • m
       – Wake on multicast messages
    • b
       – Wake on broadcast messages
    • a
       – Wake on ARP
    • g
       – Wake on MagicPacket
    • s
       – Enable SecureOn password for MagicPacket
  4. Bring the uplink adapter back up. 
    esxcli <conn_options> network nic up --nic-name=vmnic0

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